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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION filed a Q1 report for AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION on May 1, 2025.

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q1 report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted May 1, 2025

Expenses

$74,943

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 6033(b)(8) definitions (method B): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 9

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 6

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Book banning and censorship in libraries, civil rights protections for library workers and users.

Budget/Appropriations

Appropriations and authorizations for library agencies and programs, including Legislative Branch (regarding the Library of Congress and the Government Publishing Office); Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (regarding the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Education Department); Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (regarding Community Development Block Grants). H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Government Issues

Federal Depository Library Program, public access to federally funded research

Telecommunications

Discussions on revising Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. E-rate, including eligibility for internet hotspot lending Affordable Connectivity Program Learning without Limits initiative (FCC) Implementation of Digital Equity Act Net Neutrality S.J.Res.7/ H.J.Res.33 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program".

Education

School libraries, workforce development, prison libraries, social workers in libraries, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, federal statistics about libraries, Executive Order 14238, Executive Order 14242 Reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA)

Equitable access to digital content/eBooks Copyright law in the digital age (US Copyright Office) Sec. 1201 DMCA proceeding in the US Copyright Office Artificial intelligence with respect to copyright policy, OSTP/EOP Legislation on site blocking Public Modernization Committee of the U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named in this filing 3

H.R. 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
S.J. Res. 7
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule …
H.J. Res. 33
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Fe…

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.